APRIL 10, 2026 – U.S. Fleet Forces Command (USFFC) and Commander, Navy Installations Command (CNIC) will launch their annual hurricane preparedness and disaster response exercise, HURRICANE EXERCISE/CITADEL GALE (HURREX/CG) 2026, from April 13-24. The two-week exercise ensures the Navy’s severe weather readiness and exercises response protocols to damaging weather events … [Read more...]
Navy Researchers Seek Volunteers for NASA Study
APRIL 10, 2026 - Navy researchers at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, are seeking volunteers to assist in a study that directly supports one of the United States' biggest space exploration goals: returning American astronauts to the moon. Researchers assigned to the Naval Medical Research Unit Dayton, the Air Force Research Laboratory's 711th Human Performance Wing, … [Read more...]
Training On the High Seas with Ecuadorian Navy
APRIL 9, 2026 – The Ecuadorian and U.S. Navies conducted a bilateral maritime engagement as part of U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command/U.S. 4th Fleet’s Southern Seas 2026 deployment in the Pacific Ocean, April 7-8. The engagement, focused on increasing interoperability between the two navies, included participation by the Ecuadorian Esmeraldas-class missile corvettes BAE … [Read more...]
Commitment to SECWAR’s Warfighting Mission
APRIL 8, 2026 - The Vice Admiral John B. Mustin Contributions to Warfighting Award is an accolade to recognize contributions of U.S. Navy reservists to the Navy’s warfighting capabilities. The award was named in honor of the 15th Chief of Navy Reserve, VADM John B. Mustin, who demonstrated superb leadership and transformed the Navy Reserve from a response force into a lethal … [Read more...]
Navy Launches Three Advanced Payloads Into Space
APRIL 7, 2026 – U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) successfully launched three advanced experimental payloads aboard the Department of War (DoW) Space Test Program’s (STP) Satellite-7 mission at approximately 4:33 a.m. PDT on April 7 from Vandenberg U.S. Space Force (USSF) Base, Calif. NRL’s payloads included the Lasersheet Anomaly Resolution and Debris Observation … [Read more...]